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UNHED Snares Parent CHARLES S. HISEY, OF AURORA, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR, BYMESIIE ASSEGN- MENTS, TO THE STANDARD CARTRIDGE /OMPANY, OF NEW JERSEY.

canre oce ioaemc WimJi-i arssuucICATIOIri' forming part of LettersPatent No. 505, l23, dated september 19,

Original application filed June 24, 1889, Serial No. 315.308. Dividedand this'opplicotion filed septemlier 26, 1892. Serial iio. Y 446.960.(110 model.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES S.H1snY, a citi.

art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This application is an improvementon the Construction shown in myapplication for Lettors Patent tiled September 8, 1888, Serial No.284,961, and is a division of my application filed June 24, 1889,501131No. M5308, and relates to the construction of a. machine for loadingcartridge shells with powder -and shot. The loading is effected by firstfilling an adjustable charge of powder into the cartridge, theninserting the customary wads, preferably three, id est, first acardboard, then a felt, and lastlya second cardboard wad, above whichthe shot charge is introduced, andabove the charge of shot a card orpaste board wad is inserted, onto or into which said wad the quantity ofpowder and shot in the charge is 'printed or impressed, whereupon theprotruding edge of the shellis folded over or cr-impcd, and the finishedcartridge ejected from the machine.

The tools required for carrying the several operations of loading saidcart-ridges into effect are attached to a common tool carrier, which ismoved up and down in suitable guides in the standards of the frameworkof the machine. Nine tools are required for feeding in' the shells,charging the same with powder over the upper edge of the shell,impressing or printing the upper wad, and ejecting the finishedcartridge from the machine. The cartridge bearings are connected insuitable manner so as to form an endless, articulated band, to which anintermittent movement is communicated by means of suitable prismaticdrums or wheels, so that at each. part rotation )f the said drums, thecartridge shells are successively bronghtbeneath the various and shot,inserting the wads, folding tools for eiieeting the charging andejecting of the finished cartridge from the machine. The empty shellsare fed into the hearings in the articulated endless band at the lowerside of the same, as represented in the accompanyrug drawings, and arethen fed successively under the various tools, so that w cartridge hasbeen finished, iinr cart-ridge will be ejected from "he each and everypart revolution matic dr'u The machine the strap drum on the cr itshearings in the the said shaft being so L connecting rods to thetoriscausedtoinalzea v at each revolution of-tiie sir: drumsare inter-ttenti mechanism drii-en by on crank shaft, and the feit and card or paboard strips are caused to be fed beneath cutters for cutting out thewads.

Figure 1 represents my improved machine partly in elevation and partlysection. Fig. 1 is a back View of a portion. of my improved machine,showing the wad suppliers, feeders and cutters. Fig. '2 is an endview'p'artly in section on the line a:m in Firm- 1. Fig. 2 is anelevation of the eccentric and rod for driving the spindle to thefeeding device for the board and felt wad strips. Fig. 3 represents theguide slots in the standards for guiding the tool carri Fig. 4.represents the mechanism for feecing the empty shells into the bearingsin are endless band,ia portion of the parts be broken away and partly insection, in C1. 1 to better illustrate the operation of the same. Fig. 5is asectional view of the mechanism for charging the'shell with powderor shot. Fig. 6 is a'vertical section of the mechanism for cutting out'0 e wads placed between the powder and shot. Fig. 7

is a vertical section of the mechanisurfor cutting out the upper wad,printing or impressing the number, 360., into said wad, and driving theWed into the cartridge. Fig. 7 is a like section of a portion of thesame on. an

-arged scale. Fi 8 is a. horizontal section of Fi 7 with most of theparts in top view.

Fig. 9 is a vertical section of the mechanism for folding over the upperedge of the cartridge. Figs. 9 and 9 represent the folding or crimpingtool in vertical section and bottom view. Fig. 10 is a top view of thetool carrier. Fig. 11 is a vertical section and Fig. 12 the top view ofone of the link like mem: bers of the endless chain with its cartridgebearing.

I will now proceed to successively describe the mechanisms or tools usedin my improved machine for eifecting the various operations for loadingthe cartridges, while the mechanisms for producing the intermittentmovement of the endless band which carries the cartridge bearings andruns beneath the charging tools and the mechanisms for producing thereciprocating movement of the tool carrier will be described inspecifying the operation of the entire machine.

For clearness sake, theconstructive parts of the mechanism or tools areprovided with numbers corresponding to the numbers of the operation towhich the cartridge is subjected, z". e. the parts of the feed mechanismfor the empty cartridges the number 1, the device for filling in thepowder charge the number 2, and so on. The common tool carrierA of themachine is guided in the vertical plane lateral guides on the twostandards B B,While the single links or members 0 of the endlessbeltwith the cartridge bearings Gare guided beneath the said toolcarrier and in a directionrectangular to the same; The mechanism forfeeding the empty cartridge shells D, Fig. 4, into the cartridgebearings of the endless band is so arranged between the two halves ofthe endless. band that the guide tube a runs through the plate E of theframe, Fig. 2. The shells D fall from the feed tube according to theintermittently advancing movement of the endless band into the cartridgehearings in the latter, and are held somewhat above the surface of theband by means of the arm 6 of a small bow or strap, so that should thecartridge shell be shorter or of smaller diameter than the bearing, theshell is still held up, so as to prevent the next following cartridgeshell from entering the bearing in the band, which would eventuallydamage the parts. The upper horizontal arm 0' of the bow or strap servesas a guide for the tube a. The bow or strap 1) cis attached to one ofthe rails 6, attached to the lower ends of the arms or posts d, screwedinto the lower surface of ihetaole, the rails 6' serving at the sametime to support the endlessbaud. The cartridge shells fed into thehearings in the links or members of the endless band are brought by thesuccessive forward movement of the band beneath the mechanism, Fig. 5,for charging the same with an adjustable quantity of powder, whichpasses from a funnel shaped powder chamber a the outlet of which isclosed by a slide when the tool carrierAhas reached its lowest position.When the slide 11* is moved. forward, the cavity or boring c in the sameis filled with'powder, which falls through an opening in the slide seat,into the cartridge D, when the slide is moved again in theoppositedirection. The movement of the slide is effected by means'ot' alever e with curved slot f, in which an antifriction roller or pivot gof the holder 7L2 fixed in the tool carrier glides, the said lever ehaving its fulcrum in the arm (1 with which the cartridges are to becharged can be regulated bythe adjusting screw 1 and plate by means ofwhich the opening in the slide can be enlarged or decreased. It must beremarked that the mechanism for charging the cartridge with shotisprecisely of the same construction as above described for the powdercharging mechanism, and needs, therefore, no special description. Thecartridge, which has now been charged with' powder,

The quantity of powder passes through the forward movement of theendless belt beneath the mechanism for cutting out and inserting thecard orpast a-board and the felt wads, which is constructed as follows:The strips of board or felt F arcinterrnittently fed forward at aspeed'correspending to the speed communicated to the endless band. Thecutting or punching device consists of an upper part a and lower part b,the latter being arranged in a cylindrical guide piece 0 screwed to thetable and held level with the surface of the guide by a helical springat. The upper part a consists of a mandrel with head f and helicalspring said head f being movable so that when the upper part 0, isforced onto the board or felt strip by the downward movement of the toolcarrier A, the head will glide upward on the mandrel and the hollowmandrel or punch-cuts out the wad, the lower part being depressed sothat the wad is entirely separated from the'strip. As soon as the toolcarrier rises, the lower part b and with it the wad is raised by thehelical spring (i and the head f simultaneously and in correspondencewith the rising out of the guide piece 0 depressed by the spring, sothat the wad is held from both sidesin the hole in the strip F, andremains in the same when the said strip is moved forward. By the secondintermittent movement of the strip the wad comes over the partly chargedcartridge, and is driven into the cartridge above the powder charge orthe other wads by the mandrel 7L The mechanism for feeding the wadstrips is set in motion from the driving shaft of the machine, (Fig. 2.)For this purpose an cecentric G is arranged on-this shaft, which isconnected by the rod ii to the arm K, working loosely on the shaft- I asone pivot. The shaft I is provided with a ratchet wheel L, and a pawl Lis connected with the arm K, and engages the ratchet wheel L, which isthereby caused to intermittently rotate,so that the feed rollers M areintermittently rotated,andin this manner, and throughthe rollers M,pressed onto the wad strips by means" of suitable with three wads, twopasteboard or cardboard wads, and between them a felt wad, which are allcut out by the same mechanism and successively driven-into thecartridge, An

adjustable quantity of shot is now fed into the cartridge by a mechanismcorresponding with that for feeding in the powder. The shot having beenfed into the cartridge,apaste or cardboard wad is inserted in the same,said wad being previously provided with the number of; the shot loadedinto the cartridge, by

printing the same onto or impressing it into thersaid wad. This printingor impressing of the mad is eifected by means of a stamp of themechanism represented in Figs. 7 and 8 for impressing and driving in thewad. This vstamp ilis arranged between the circular wad cutter and themandrel for driving the wad into 'cthe cartridge, so that when the toolholder descends, the stamp will impress the number, 8m, into the wadwhich has been cut out of, but is still held in the strip until it isdriven into the cartridge. Whenthis last wad has been driven into thecartridge, the upper edge of the shell is folded over or crimped, so asto securely hold the charge in position, as represented in Figs. 9, 9,9". A rod 1) arranged to slide in a boring of the bow a carries at itslower end aifolding or;

crimping head 0 and at its upper end a cord drum orpulley c, which iskept in contin'u-,

ous rotation by the cord d and is supported in an elevated position bythe helical spring f so that the head 0 is kept out of conta ct with thecartridge when the tool carrier rises.

As soon as the cartridge, which .has been provided with the last wad,comes beneath this folding or crimping mechanism, the tool carrierdescends and presses, by means of the mandrel g, the mandrel b and head0 firmly into the projecting" end of the cartridge. As represented inFigs. 9 and 9", the annular groove h is provided with ribs i As soon asthe upper edge has been folded or crimped by the rapidly rotating head athe ribs 1' will render the upper edge perfectly smooth and firm. When.the tool carrier rises, the mandrel b ris pressed. upward by the springf and the headc brought out of contact with the cartridge, which is nowfinished and is ejected at the-next movement of the end- ,less band fromthe machine by'an ejecting rod a Fig. l, which forces the finished car-.tridge through an opening in the table into the tube 0, from whence thesame falls into suitable receptacles. The step by step movement of thearticulated endless band with its ,cartridge bearings is attained bymeans of the prismatic drums or wheels P P, so that the cartridgebearings are intermittently fed beneath the tools for loading the saidcartridges. The mechanism for intermittently rotating the prismaticwheels or drums is arranged on groove 5 and tappet S. On the nave of theprismatic disk P I place a rotary ring U, provided with toothed segmentT and pawl T, said toothed segment being in gear with the toothed rod orrack V, guided in the guide V, so that the same is alternately moved inthe one and the other direction. The pawl T, which at its bifurcated endembraces a pin or stud of the peg or stop cone 1, is provided at therear end with a spring 2, so as grooves or recesses 3, arranged at equaldistances in the ring W fixedto the shaft on one side of the prismaticdrum or wheel P. When thecam R is turned in the direction of the arrowFig. 2, the pivot 11 of the rod V will run in the part I to II of. thecam groove Set the cam R without operating the said rod V, but as, soonas the pivot n has passed the point II, the rod V commences to rise,while the rod X is operated on by the tappet S, the spring 00compressing so that the lower end of the said rod X will press down .therear arm of the pawl and withdraw the peg 1 from its gear with thegroove or recess 3 of the ring W. Through the upward movement of thetoothed rod V, the released ringU will 1, until the pawl causes thepeg,1 to gearinto the next groove-orrecess 3 oft-he ring W whereas the rod Xis returned to its highest "position by the helical spring a: as soon as'tho tappet S has passed the end of the same. When the pivot 12 hasarrived at the point III of the cam groove, the rod V has reached itshighest posit-ion and remains in this position until the said pivot vhas arrived at the point IVof the cam grooves. Bythe' further rotationof the cam R the pivot n, and with it the toothed rod V, is moveddownward, and as the rod V is in gear with the toothed segmentland thepeg l in gear with drum or wheel-P is caused to make a partialrevolution corresponding with one of the surfaces of the said prismaticdrum or wheel P. In mounting the machine, the cam must be main drivingshaft, thatthemovcment of the prismatic drums or wheels and consequentlyalso theendless belt with the cartridge bearings is effected at a timewhen the tools are out of contact with the cartridge shells. It will beevident that when the rack is moved upward, the ring U with its toothedsegment will moveidle. When the rack is moved downward, the segment ringis coupled to the ring W, and in this manner the prismatic drum be movedin the direction of the arrow Fig. i

one of the grooves3 of the ring \V, thus coupling the cam to the disk U,the prismatic I so arranged in reference to the cranks of the I one sideof the machine, and is operated by 7 means of a cam R on the shaft Q,said cam or eccentric being provided with the cam press the tip of thecone or peg 1 into the IOC or wheel moved a distance corresponding tothe length of one link or member of the endless chain, or the distancefrom the center of .one to the center of the next cartridge bearing.This intermittent movement of the prismatic drums or Wheels is repeatedat each revolution of the cam B, so that each cartridge bearing C ismoved forwarda distance equal to the length of a link or member C of theendless band at each revolution of the driving shaft. Guides which canbe adj usted by means of appropriate screws, Figs. 1 and 10, are appliedto the standards l3 B, so as to regulate the movement of the tool holderand the connecting rods.

Having fully described my invention, its construction,and mode ofoperation, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. In a machine for loading cartridges, the combination with a wadfeeder, of a wad cutter, and a wad insertcr,allarranged ina right line,the said wad cutter and the inserter located and operating atdif'ferentpoints along the line of feed, substantially as described.

2. In a machine for loading cartridges, the combination with a shellcarrier, of a wad feeder having its line of feed at an angle to the pathof the carrier, a wad cutter and a wad inserter, said devices beingarranged in a right line, and the said cutter and inserter located andoperating at different points along the line of feed, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a machine for loading cartridges, the combination with a wadfeeder, of a wad cutter, a wad stamp, and a wad inserter, said devicesbeingarranged in a rightline, and said cutter stamp and inserter locatedand operating at different points along the line of feed, substantiallyas described.

4. The combination in a machine for loading cartridges of a wad feedingdevice, a device for cutting out the wads, a device for insorting thewads into the shells, located at different points along the line offeed, and a stamp for impressing or printing the number of the'eharge onthe Wad situated between the cutter and inserter, wherebythe wad isfirst cut out of the strip, then impressed with the number of thecharge, and then insertedin the shell, substantially as described.

5. The combination in a machine for loading cartridges with powder andshot, of a shell carrier,'powder and shot supply, and wad,fecdersconsisting of the shaft 1, the rollers M and M, and the guiderollers N, in connection with the operating mechanism, substantially asdescribed.

6. In, a cartridge loading machine, the combination with a shell carrierhaving a right line movemenflof wad feedingdevicesincluding feedingrolls in line with the path of the shell carrier, and acommon operatingshaft, substantially as described.

7. In a cartridge loading machine, thecombination with'a shell carrierconsisting of an endless belt provided with shell holders, of a seriesof wad feeders including feed rollers located parallel with said beltand having a feed movement at rig tangles to the belt and a commonoperating shaft, substantially as described.

8. In a machine forloading cartridges with powder'and shot, a wad.supply, cutter and inserter, consisting of the shafts Iand Nprovidedwith rollers M and M, and the roller N mounted on a shaft N, the toolcarrier A with the punch (1. attached thereto, the mandrel b" with ahead 0 said mandrel and head being held up by thespriug d and the piston71 at tached to the tool carrier A, whereby the Wadis inserted into thecartridge, substantially as described. I

9. In a machine for loading cartridges, the combination with a shellcarrier and powder and shot supply, of means for feeding wad stripsconsisting of the eccentric G geared to the driving shaft, the rod I lconnected with said eccentric, the shaft I provided with the rollers MM, and the rollers N, the shaft I and the rod II beingconnected,'snbstantially as described.

10. The combination, with the shell carrier provided with shell holders,of means for feeding the shells into the holders, consisting of thesupports d'of the plates 6 attached thereto, the bands or strips 6' andc, and the tube a, substantially as described.

11. In a machine for loading cart-ridges, a wad cutter consisting of theguide 0 and the headed bolt if provided with the spring (Z supported bythe frames E and e and the hollow mandrel provided with a spring fandhead f constructed and combined substantially as described.

12. In a machine for loading cartridges, a wad cutter, and means forforcing the same into the cartridge consisting of the casting 0containing the headed bolt 6 provided with the spring (2 said partsbeing supported by the band a and a hollow mandrel provided EOC EIC

with a-spring g and movable head f and the piston or mandrel be attachedto the tool carrier A, substantially as described.

13. In a cartridge loading machine, a wad punching device consisting ofa punch, a mom able sleeve surrounding said punch, a support for the wadstrip or material provided with a yielding part beneath the punch, ofthe same size as the punch, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES S. HISEY.

Witnesses:

M. G. STERRETT H. F. RICE.

